It’s hardly surprising that Muslims see the proposed new hate speech laws as a blanket protection from future verbal abuse. The proposed law will be very useful for warding off critics of Islam as well as those who insult them because, under the proposed new hate speech law, they
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David Seymour ACT Leader The Justice Minister has today shown how out of his depth he is on Newshub Nation as he was unable to provide any clarity around his proposed hate speech laws. When interpreting the law, courts often look to speeches from the Minister responsible to see what
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union is reacting with concern to the Government’s plan to make speech criminal and says the proposals will go no way towards making New Zealand a safer and more tolerant society. The law would change so that a person who intentionally incites, stirs
Blogger Tim Wikiriwhi recently pointed out that the ACT Party and the Free Speech Union were conspicuously missing in action when New Zealand YouTuber Lee Williams fell victim to a vicious cancel culture mob. If only popular speech spoken by popular people is going to be defended then it is
What nonsense. No hate speech law would have prevented the massacre in Christchurch. The only thing that could have prevented it would have been the police doing their job properly and denying him a firearms licence. Kris Faafoi’s Labour government have chosen to go after innocent law-abiding firearms owners
Jordan Williams Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz I have some great news — we have achieved a comprehensive victory against Palmerston North City Council who tried to de-platform the feminist group Speak Up for Women because the Council did not like their views. This afternoon, the High Court granted the
David Seymour ACT Leader What Hate Speech Laws Will Mean for New Zealand The proposed hate speech laws are a win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided country. Tougher hate speech laws will take away a basic right, shut down debate, and make people afraid to
The National Party believe that freedom of speech is a fundamental right, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “We completely oppose the criminalising of speech except in cases of incitement to violence which is already provided for in New Zealand Law. “We are not ruling out supporting sensible changes
Blazing Saddles is regularly ranked – with good reason – as one of the funniest movies of all time. From IMDB to Rolling Stone, to fan-driven site Ranker, they all agree: Mel Brooks’s 1974 western spoof is one of, if not the, funniest movie ever. Even the onslaught of Cancel Culture
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s proposed hate speech laws are a huge win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided society. What sort of government promotes social cohesion by having the state go around punishing people for unpopular views? This is a solution looking for
Mark E. Jeftovic axisofeasy.com April 20, 2020 Things are moving quickly. In the old adage “Never let a crisis go to waste”, governments everywhere are using the pandemic opportunity to: * Rule by decree * Stifle freedoms guaranteed under various rights and charters * Enact mandatory surveillance * Silence dissenting speech All manner
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union says that Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt wasn’t hired to tell artists what work they can and can’t produce. He should start defending human rights, not stand against freedom of expression. A spokesperson for the Union, Stephen Franks says “The
Dino Sossi University of Toronto Dino Sossi has produced media for AOL, CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, CNN, The New York Times, and VH1 at Viacom. His documentary films have screened at festivals in New York and Los Angeles as well as Berkeley, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, Oxford, and Pennsylvania. Professors fiercely
Rachel Poulain Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz My name is Rachel, I’m a member of the Free Speech Union’s Council, and one of our spokespeople. Further to Jordan and David’s articles over the last few days I’m writing to update you on our new case
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Despite the avalanche of feelings expressed against the They Are Us film being made – something that blogger Martyn
